How To Make Bacon Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper
Cook up a flavorful, cheesy dish with this cheeseburger hamburger helper with beef and bacon crumbles mixed with loads of cheddar.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1lblarge shells pasta
- 8ozbacon,uncooked
- 1lblean ground beef
- 1small yellow onion,diced
- 2tbspketchup
- 2tspprepared yellow mustard
- 1cupbeef broth
- 1tbspcorn starch
- ½tspkosher salt
- ½tspfresh ground black pepper
- 1½cupscheddar cheese,(6 ounces), shredded
Instructions
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Cook the large shell pasta according to the directions on the bag and drain. Do not rinse.
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Add the bacon to a cast-iron skillet, then cook until crisp and remove from the pan. Crumble the bacon into small bits.
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Add the ground beef to a large cast-iron skillet and brown until a deep brown crust appears before breaking the beef apart.
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Stir the ground beef and brown until a deep crust appears on about 50 or so percent of the beef.
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Remove the beef, leaving the fat if desired, and add the onions. Let brown for 1 minute before stirring, then let brown for another 1 minute before stirring again.
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Add the beef back into the pan.
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In a small cup mix the beef broth and the cornstarch until it is dissolved.
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Add the ketchup, mustard, beef broth mixture, salt, and black pepper to the pan.
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Cook for 3 to 5 minutes until the mixture is only slightly liquidy (about 75% of the mixture is above liquid).
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Add the pasta back to the pan and mix together gently. Add the bacon crumbles back into the pan.
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Turn off the heat, add in the cheddar cheese and stir until melted.
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Serve immediately.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 589.78kcal
- Fat:Â 31.91g
- Saturated Fat:Â 13.04g
- Trans Fat:Â 1.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 12.19g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 2.82g
- Carbohydrates:Â 46.47g
- Fiber:Â 2.08g
- Sugar:Â 3.32g
- Protein:Â 27.46g
- Cholesterol:Â 84.21mg
- Sodium:Â 500.11mg
- Calcium:Â 197.25mg
- Potassium:Â 439.02mg
- Iron:Â 2.15mg
- Vitamin A: 71.70µg
- Vitamin C:Â 0.83mg
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